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The Big Ugly Bill Passes. Part 1 of the Powell Memo is Done. The 1/100th must now start on Part 2. [1]

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Date: 2025-07-04

So the Big Ugly Bill (BUB) has been rammed thru the House and Senate by the Republican Majority who are equal parts cowardly a$$holes and a$$ kissers. The Felon in Chief will get to sign it on July 4th, 249 years after the People of the United Colonies declared their Independence against a British King only to vote in an American (wannabe) King. George III is laughing in his grave.

The 1/100th of 1%, the collection of Billionaire Oligarchs who set the Powell Memo in motion 50 years ago have always despised the Middle Class, for reasons Mr. Thom Hartman makes clear in an article in Raw Story:

Lipset argued that industrialization led to unions and higher wages...As people’s material conditions improved...their focus shifted from survival issues like food and shelter to more aspirational elements like democratic values, civil and human rights, representation in government, and the rule of law.

A prosperous and financially secure Middle Class demands a Government that looks after their needs and not the 1/100th. This can't be allowed to stand. So here we are.

The question is how to maintain control. Having spent decades creating RW propaganda mills think tanks and agitprop media outlets that have convinced a large percentage of the population that it was those "others" (see photo above) were the reason your life was to sh*t, the 1/100 finally caught the car. The Powell Memo is a reality. Unfortunately the BUB will cause real people to experience real pain, and not just to the mythical healthy people on Medicaid who are too lazy to work:

Republicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare. Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts. by David Dayen | July 3, 2025 Because of a statutory requirement to automatically impose budget cuts when legislation increases the deficit, the Big Beautiful Bill would require automatic sequestration cuts across the board...Medicare is one of the programs that will face the axe, and the damage sums to $490 billion over the next ten years, starting in the next fiscal year that begins in October. prospect.org/...

As shown in the midterm election's of 2006, 2008 and 2018 and 2020, when people are financially insecure they have a tendency to kick out the Party in power. Having worked so long to finally bring us back to the The Gilded Age, the 1/100th have made it clear to the Conman and his minions they will not see decade's of effort go down the tubes because of a stupid thing like Representative Democracy. So now we get:

Arresting members of the opposition party Threating to strip a Democratic Politician and Democratic voters of their Citizenship. Gutting what remains of the Voting Right's Act Out and out voter suppression

The 2026 Midterms are 18 months away, and while the road ahead will not be easy for those of us that still believe in equal opportunity and do not fear the other we can reverse the direction of this Country. We did it in 1868. We reaffirmed it in 1964. With our voice and our vote we need to send the 1/100th a message:

T​​he future is now.

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